WASHINGTON - Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today announced that the Driscoll Children’s Hospital will receive a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for nurse education, practice and retention as part of the hospital’s internship and residency programs.

“With the shortage of nurses across the country, we must help hospitals provide a stable work environment and resources for professional development,” said Sen. Hutchison, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “We value our nurses and the care they provide.”

“We are grateful for the ongoing support from Sen. Hutchison and her continued efforts to provide the necessary funding to offer the best care to the children of South Texas,” said Rick Merrill President/CEO Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Driscoll Children’s Hospital works diligently to supply our staff with continued education courses and programs which benefit our employees and this grant will carry on our mission to “be here for the kids.”

HHS is the federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 200-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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